Henri Giffard
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French engineer (1825-1882)
Key facts
- Born
- Baptiste Jules Henri Jacques Giffard , ( 1825-02-08 ) 8 February 1825, Paris , France
- Died
- 14 April 1882 (1882-04-14) (aged 57)
- Occupation
- engineer
- Known for
- steam injector , Giffard dirigible airship
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Henri
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of death
- Paris
- Occupation
- inventor
- Languages spoken
- French
- Image
- Giffard portrait 1 200.jpg
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- medical condition
- blindness
- name in native language
- Henri Giffard
- manner of death
- Suicide
- place of burial
- Père Lachaise Cemetery
- Commons category
- Henri Giffard
- date of birth
- 1825-02-08
- date of death
- 1882-04-14
- Commons gallery
- Henri Giffard
- cause of death
- asphyxia
- writing language
- French
- birth name
- Henry Jacques Giffard
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Encyclopedic overview
The Giffard dirigible, created by Giffard in 1852 A- Steam from boiler, B- Needle valve, C- Needle valve handle, D- Steam and water combine, E-Water feed, F- Combining cone, G- Delivery nozzle and cone, H- delivery chamber and pipe, K- Check valve
Baptiste Jules Henri Jacques Giffard (8 February 1825 – 14 April 1882) was a French engineer. In 1852 he invented the steam injector and the powered Giffard dirigible airship.
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